<dir> HTML directory element
Deprecated
Avoid using this feature in new projects. This feature may be a candidate for removal from web standards or browsers.
The <dir> HTML element is used as a container for a directory of files and/or folders, potentially with styles and icons applied by the user agent. Do not use this obsolete element; instead, you should use the <ul> element for lists, including lists of files.
Warning: Do not use this element. Though present in early HTML specifications, it has been deprecated in HTML 4, and has since been removed entirely.
DOM interface
This element implements the HTMLDirectoryElement interface.
Attributes
Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes.
compact-
This Boolean attribute hints that the list should be rendered in a compact style. The interpretation of this attribute depends on the user agent and it doesn't work in all browsers.
Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # dir |
Browser compatibility
See also
- Other list-related HTML Elements:
<ol>,<ul>,<li>, and<menu>; - CSS properties that may be specially useful to style the
<dir>element:- The
list-styleproperty, useful to choose the way the ordinal is displayed. - CSS counters, useful to handle complex nested lists.
- The
line-heightproperty, useful to simulate the deprecatedcompactattribute. - The
marginproperty, useful to control the indent of the list.
- The
